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To: Gilles Bruno <Gilles.Bruno@ujf-grenoble.fr>
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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 14:09:32 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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>         -rw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel  4294967304 Jan 28 12:04
> SHARE_MEM_FILE.processes


sparse file - as you say, it only actually eats up 32k.

> It would disturb me, if this directory had to be BACKED UP (using
> dump/amanda)... 

Why?  Both dump and tar handle sparse files properly (try it! :-).

					Jordan